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Northwest Film Forum

Big Freak Media is excited to be handling the marketing and communications for Northwest Film Forum!

Northwest Film Forum is Seattle’s premier film arts organization, screening over 200 independently made and classic films annually, offering a year-round schedule of filmmaking classes for all ages, and supporting filmmakers at all stages of their careers.

Founded in 1995 by filmmakers Jamie Hook and Deborah Girdwood, the Film Forum now operates the region’s first and only non-profit center for the film arts. The Film Forum’s programming embraces film production as well as film exhibition, with two cinemas, film production and post-production facilities and equipment, educational workshop space, filmmaker offices, a film vault containing over 1,000 titles and a filmmaking library in our space at 1515 12th Ave.

Over 1000 members strong, the Film Forum aides 250 filmmakers in the production of nearly 80 films, and offers more than 60 workshops annually. Our innovative Start-to-Finish grant program partners with a local artist to produce a feature length film, using both for and non-profit funding, a model unique in the non-profit world. The most recent film,The Immaculate Conception of Little Dizzle, premiered at the 2009 Sundance Film Festival.

Big Freak Media is proud to be the publicist for Northwest Film Forum. Get in touch if you would like to talk about your project and what we can do for you.

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“Chris is amazing and that's why I've chosen to work with him on multiple occasions. He took the time to dig into the story behind my releases and presented them to members of the media he personally knew would be the most receptive, and presented in a manner that reflected the voice of each band. He was effective in getting an unknown local band national coverage. He is an enthusiastic advocate for the projects he choses and with that heart he gets results.”— Jamie Aaron Aux (Eighteen Individual Eyes, H is for Hellgate)